Bumper sticker report
I thought this was funny. Spotted last night – LIKE A ROCK ONLY DUMBER
Good baseball article: how to throw a changeup
I’m not a NY Mets fan, but here’s a really neat feature about their newly acquired superstar pitcher, Johan Santana. And he’s a rarity – a pitcher whose strike-out pitch is a changeup. Santana’s Changeup: Hitters Never See It Coming – New York Times Six years after Santana began meticulously honing his four-seam grip as … Read more
A recovery story
Recovery from sexual assault – from Christianity Today Very powerful – you have to read the whole thing Calling on the Saints | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction Some have suggested that the church was partly to blame for my rape. They have a point. My husband and I had moved into … Read more
Exercise as a cure for fatigue
Good article from the NY Times health section. My own experience gibes with this. The Cure for Exhaustion? More Exercise – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog The study volunteers used exercise bikes that allowed the researchers to control their level of exertion. The low-intensity exercise was equivalent to a … Read more
Darfur Update: “Scorched earth”
Lives in the balance – Scorched-Earth Strategy Returns to Darfur – New York Times SULEIA, Sudan — The janjaweed are back. They came to this dusty town in the Darfur region of Sudan on horses and camels on market day. Almost everybody was in the bustling square. At the first clatter of automatic gunfire, everyone … Read more
How valuable is weightlifting for endurance athletes?
I don’t think too many people would deny the benefits of weightlifting for contact sports, or sports involving power -but what about sports like running, biking, rowing, etc? Here is a good discussion in the health section of the NY Times. While the general opinion seems to be "yes it does", it’s not unanimous. Does … Read more
Birthday dinner last week
My good friend Paul Novotny had a birthday last week, so last Saturday we went with Paul and Doreen to an Italian place – Lago Di Como – in Tarrytown to celebrate. Top notch cuisine Westchester Restaurants, Tarrytown, Dinner reservations in Westchester : Lago di Como Ristorante, Nothern Italian Cuisine And here’s Doreen and Paul: … Read more
Keeping a journal can be helpful for cancer patients
Here’s an interesting posting on the health blog at the NY Times. I left a comment. The Power of Words for Cancer Patients – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog Researchers from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., studied the effects of expressive writing on 71 adults with … Read more
FDA gives conditional approval for Avastin use by breast cancer patients.
I posted about this last week. Tom Faranda’s Folly: The FDA and cancer drug testing The FDA went against past form and approved the drug – Breast Cancer Reprieve – WSJ.com Avastin shouldn’t have been controversial. But an FDA panel ruled that "progression-free survival" was not sufficient, because the agency’s usual acid test for anticancer … Read more
Hospitals and healthcare
Forbes magazine current issue cover story is entitled Bad Medicine. It looks at hospital care in general, with particular emphasis on competition between the large general hospitals, and so-called "specialty" hospitals that may offer limited services, like cardiac care, or hip and knee replacement. It’s an enlightening feature. Forbes website is free, buy you may … Read more